Unresolved external symbol "class QObject * __cdecl qt_plugin_instance_pnp_basictools(void)" (?qt_plugin_instance_pnp_basictools@@YAPAVQObject@@XZ) re

lygstate

I was compiling the examples in tools/plugandpaint, with vs2008 x86
but things getting strange.
This linkage error happens.
I changed the plugandpaint.pro file to
@
symbian {
LIBS = -lpnp_basictools.lib
} else {
QMAKE_LIBDIR += $$OUT_PWD/plugins
LIBS = -lpnp_basictools
}

if(!debug_and_release|build_pass):CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
mac:LIBS = $$member(LIBS, 0)_debug
win32:LIBS = $$member(LIBS, 0)d
}
@
about LIBS, or it's can not found the pnp_basictools.
So I want to know what's happening about the linkage error.

SGaist

Hi,

You have to first build the basic tool example

lygstate

Yes, I build that first.
And I found the binary that I build is less than the binary that QT-release
provided, that's really confused me.
Even in a rather simple staticLib-App demo,
it's can not linkage the library. I don't know why,

lygstate

When I build the pnp_basictools, size of the debug version:pnp_basictoolsd.lib is 263kb.
and the binary that provided in the QT release binary is 316kb,
I want to know what kinds of things will affect the binary size?

And now the linkage error is happens.

lygstate

Indeed, I use MSVC dumpbin to output the binary information,
the information provided by QT-released binary is：
F468 ?qt_plugin_instance_pnp_basictools@@YAPAVQObject@@XZ
and the information provided by the binary that compiled with the tools.pro project file by me is:
DDA8 ?qt_plugin_instance_pnp_basictools@@YAPAVQObject@@XZ

The only difference is F468 vs DDA8 and I really getting confused, and really mess me, I don't know why this happenning.

SGaist

Shot in the dark: is your Qt built with VS2008 ?

lygstate

Yes, My Qt is build with vs 2008. I want to know if the Qt is using VS2008 sp1?

lygstate

http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/4.8/4.8.5/qt-win-opensource-4.8.5-vs2008.exe

To be exact, I was using this version.

lygstate

Now I found the reason to cause the issue,
When I configuration the QT Creator Tool Kits (Compilers ,QT version)

The name of the Tool Kits contains Chinese Characters,
such as the name "桌面", then that will cause the problem I mentioned here
and a another problem mentioned in
http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/30413/

So, the QT with Unicode support is not good enough under Win32.
Because MSVC support for Unicode path is good, So the reason should be caused by QT. (to be exact, qmake).
When I use qmake to genearte vs project file (qmake -tp vc)
when the path contains Chinese characters such as "桌面", it's comes with
the generated solution file with escape "??".
This is an issue, and hope be fixed in future releases.
I didn't test with QT 5.1.x yet, I'll try that latter.

SGaist

In that case, you could take a look at the "bugreport":bugreports.qt-project.org/issues/ system and report it if someone didn't already do that.